Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

सर्वरत्ननिधानस्त्वं सर्वरत्नाकराकरः । सर्वामरप्रधानेश गृहाणार्घं नमोऽस्तु ते । इत्यर्घमन्त्रः

Transliteration

sarvaratnanidhānastvaṃ sarvaratnākarākaraḥ | sarvāmarapradhāneśa gṛhāṇārghaṃ namo'stu te | ityarghamantraḥ

Translation

Engkaulah perbendaharaan segala ratna; Engkaulah lombong dan punca semua permata. Wahai Tuhan, ketua para amara, terimalah arghya ini—sembah sujud kepada-Mu. Inilah mantra arghya.

Word by Word

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण (quantifier), समासपूर्वपद

• ratna: gems
• ratna: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• nidhānaḥ: treasury/storehouse
• nidhānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन, (त्रिलिङ्ग)

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, समासपूर्वपद

• ratna: gems
• ratna: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• ākara: mine/source
• ākara: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• ākaraḥ: mine/source
• ākaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• sarva: all
• sarva: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, समासपूर्वपद

• amara: immortals/gods
• amara: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• pradhāna: chief
• pradhāna: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pradhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• īśa: O lord
• īśa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• gṛhāṇa: accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• argham: arghya-offering
• argham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: argha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (interjection/particle of salutation)

• astu: let it be
• astu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• argha: arghya
• argha: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: argha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• mantraḥ: (this is) the arghya-mantra
• mantraḥ: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (arghasya mantraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator giving the arghya-mantra (addressed to the ocean as divine lord)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahodadhi-sannidhi (Sea-shore Great Tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ocean is personified as a regal devatā rising subtly from the waves, adorned with pearl and gem motifs; the worshipper offers arghya with folded hands, the mantra inscribed on a palm-leaf or spoken aloud.

Characters & Entities

• Mahodadhi (Ocean as deity)
• Amaras (Devas)
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature is revered as divine: the ocean is addressed as a cosmic benefactor, and worship becomes gratitude and surrender.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sāgara/mahodadhi at the Narmadā–Sāgara-saṅgama, honored through an explicit arghya-mantra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Chant this arghya-mantra while offering arghya to the ocean, praising it as the source and treasury of jewels.